Bert Colijn

Senior Economist, Europe The Conference Board

Bert Colijn is a senior economist that focuses on the European market. He works on the European Commission FP7 project NEUJOBS, focusing on productivity and economic growth in Europe in 2025. Besides this, he works on developing European indicators and analysis of the European economies.

He is the author of the European Economic Highlights of the Week, Europe’s Great Labor Market Divide and a regular contributor to Labor Markets in Review™. He also has a blog on the European job market on the Human Capital Exchange™.

Colijn holds an undergraduate and masters degree from the University of Groningen in International Economics and Business, where he wrote his thesis on financial stability in the Euro Area.